noun
Meaning 1
A device for making things sharp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- There was a pencil sharpener at the front of the classroom.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sharpener
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
That which makes something sharp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An alcoholic drink taken at the start of the day, or just before a meal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
any implement that is used to make something (an edge or a point) sharper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a knife sharpener
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: implement
Narrower terms: grindstone, pencil sharpener, steel, strickle, strop
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sharpen Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sharpener From sharpen + -er.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مِبْرَاة (mibrāh) — device for making things sharp
- Arabic: بَرَّايَة (barrāya) — device for making things sharp
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܚܪܦܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ (maḥrpānīṯā) — device for making things sharp
- Assamese: জোঙালী (züṅali) — device for making things sharp
- Basque: zorrozkailu — device for making things sharp
- Bulgarian: острилка (ostrilka) — device for making things sharp
- Chinese: 磨削器 — device for making things sharp
- Dutch: slijper — device for making things sharp
- Esperanto: akrigilo — device for making things sharp
- Esperanto: pintigilo — device for making things sharp
- Finnish: teroitin — device for making things sharp
- French: affûteuse — device for making things sharp
- French: aiguiseur — device for making things sharp
- Galician: chaira — device for making things sharp
- Galician: aguzadoira — device for making things sharp
- Georgian: სათლელი (satleli) — device for making things sharp
- German: Spitzer — device for making things sharp
- Ancient Greek: ὀξυντήρ (oxuntḗr) — device for making things sharp
- Hebrew: מְחַדֵּד (mekhadéd) — device for making things sharp
- Hungarian: hegyező — device for making things sharp
- Hungarian: élesítő — device for making things sharp
- Hungarian: élező — device for making things sharp
- Hungarian: szerszámélező — device for making things sharp
- Hungarian: fenőkő — device for making things sharp
- Italian: affilatrice — device for making things sharp
- Japanese: 鉛筆削り (enpitsukezuri) — device for making things sharp
- Khmer: ប្រដាប់សំរួច (prɑɑdapsɑmruəc) — device for making things sharp
- Korean: 가는 기구 (ganeun gigu) — device for making things sharp
- Northern Kurdish: tûjker — device for making things sharp
- Northern Kurdish: qelemtiraş — device for making things sharp
- Ladino: aguzador — device for making things sharp
- Marathi: तीक्ष्णक (tīkṣṇak) — device for making things sharp
- Marathi: शार्पनर (śārpanar) — device for making things sharp
- Polish: temperówka — device for making things sharp
- Polish: strugaczka — device for making things sharp
- Portuguese: apontador — device for making things sharp
- Portuguese: amolador — device for making things sharp
- Romanian: ascuțitor — device for making things sharp
- Russian: заточник (zatočnik) — device for making things sharp
- Slovene: šilček — device for making things sharp
- Spanish: sacapuntas — device for making things sharp
- Swahili: kichongeo — device for making things sharp
- Tagalog: pantasa — device for making things sharp
- Turkish: kalem tıraşı — device for making things sharp
- Vietnamese: thợ mài dao kéo — device for making things sharp
- Welsh: naddwr — device for making things sharp